In How to Live on Earth, Benedict Cumberbatch presents a familiar but urgent argument: humans should work with natural processes, not against them. The documentary, reviewed in New Scientist by Alec Luhn, uses sweeping imagery to make that case.
Luhn calls the visuals stunning, but he also finds the tone "a little cloying." The sentimental delivery, he suggests, risks softening the hard edges of the environmental message. The review does not dispute the underlying science, only the way it is packaged.
The larger question, Luhn writes, is whether the series can move viewers from appreciation to action. A beautiful film that preaches to the converted may not be enough, but he hopes it can still make a real difference.